A banner held up in the hall read, “It is Syria the Great, not Syria the Assad.” One of Maasarani's best known songs is “Jabeenak ’Ali w Ma Bintal,” which he first sang in 2012 ...

Shiite rituals for Ashoura in Damascus have drastically changed after the fall of Syria's former President Bashar Assad.

Premieres Tuesday, July 1, 2025 at 10:30 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS app. Syria's uncertain future under Jihadist-turned-statesman ...

If Syria is to rise from the Assad regime's ashes, its people must resurrect the spirit of the 2011 uprising in the post-Assad era. ... and creative song and dance. Above all, ...

Only now, with ruler Bashar al-Assad forcibly ousted last December, ... Ayman al-Masri carries a notebook where he hand-wrote songs, in Homs, Syria, on Feb. 1.

Now to Syria - many things have changed there since the Regime of Bashar al-Assad fell in December. NPR's Jane Arraf climbed on board the victory train in Damascus. It was once a propaganda tool ...

A banner held up in the hall read, “It is Syria the Great, not Syria the Assad.” One of Maasarani’s best known songs is “Jabeenak ’Ali w Ma Bintal,” which he first sang in 2012 ...

A banner held up in the hall read, “It is Syria the Great, not Syria the Assad.” One of Maasarani’s best known songs is “Jabeenak ’Ali w Ma Bintal,” which he first sang in 2012 ...

A banner held up in the hall read, “It is Syria the Great, not Syria the Assad.” One of Maasarani's best known songs is “Jabeenak ’Ali w Ma Bintal,” which he first sang in 2012 ...

A banner held up in the hall read “It is Syria the Great, not Syria the Assad”. One of Maasarani’s best known songs is ...